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KNITTED 0R GARDIGAN JACKET.

No. 317,682. Patented May l12, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

SlMON STEINAM AND ABBOTT L. SEELIGMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

KNITTED OR. CARDIGAN JACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,682, dated May 12,1885.

Application flied January 26, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SIMON STEINAM and ABBOTT L. SEELIGMAN, both of thecity and county of New York, in the State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Knitted or Cardigan Jackets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Cardigan jackets are made from a circular fabric woven or knitted on acircular machine, and to give the upper part of the jacket the propershape the fabric is cut and the cut edges are brought together andenchained, or chained 7 together, as it is termed, on a suitablemachine, to form the shoulder-seams. The chaining of the shoulder-seamsis done by a single thread or yarn, and these seams become the Aweakestpart of the jacket, and are very apt to tear out, especially when thejacket is put on by a stout person.

The object of our invention is to strengthen or re-enforce these seamsby means which are in keeping with the jacket, and which do not mar itsappearance.

The invention consists in a Cardigan jacket havin gthe chainedshoulder-seams relenforced by a strip or piece of knit webbing securedto them, the said webbing being preferably continuous between theshoulderseams and around the neck-seams.

The accompanying drawing represents a jacket embodying our invention.

A designates the body, B the sleeves, and C the neckband of a Cardiganjacket. This jacket consists of a knitted fabric, as represented at a,and in the operation of making the jacket after the circular fabric, hasbeen knitted the fabric is out, and the edges where cut are broughttogether and enchained, or chained together, by a well-known machine,thereby forming shoulder-seams b. But a single thread or yarn is usuallyemployed to chain the seams, and hence these seams are the weakestpoints in the jacket. Frequently the jacket will break out or tear atthese seams before it is much worn, especially if' the wearer 4 5 bestout. To obviate this difficulty we re-enforce these seams by awebbing, D, of knitted v material similar and corresponding inappearance and color to thefabric of which the jacket is made. Thiswebbing is laid on the seams 5o b, and is secured to the jacket by rowsof stitching. In the drawing we have represented the webbing D ascontinuous between the shoulder-seams b and around the seam at jthe backof the neck, where the neckband is 55 secured to the body of the jacket,but the right-hand end of the webbing is represented as unattached tomore clearly show its form. The webbing is here shown as on the exteriorof the jacket, and as it is of knitted fabric like 6o chained orenchained shoulder-seams b, and a 7o knitted webbing, D, applied to andre-enforcing the said seams, substantially as herein dcscribed.

2. A knitted or Cardigan jacket, having the chained or enchainedshoulder-seams b, and a 75 knitted webbing, D, applied to andre-enforoin g said scams, and made continuous between said seams andaround the neck, substantially as herein described.

SIMON STEINAM. ABBOTT L. SEELllGrMAN.

Witnesses FREDK. HAYNES, MATTHEW PoLLocK.

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